Buried Line Puts New England Clean Power Link Plan on Fast Track

The project sponsors, TDI New England, applied for the presidential permit in the spring of 2014.
Northern Pass, by comparison, has been in the works since 2010, underwent several route changes, and still does not have a final environmental impact statement from the DOE.
Jack Savage, with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, said the speed at which NECPL is moving through the approval process could affect the prospects for Northern Pass.
“If there are customers in southern New England who would like to avail themselves of additional HQ-generated power, NECPL would seem to be the option more likely to be able to deliver,” he said. “It may well be that NECPL is simply a better idea than Northern Pass, and thus will end up the winner in the rush to market.”